Upsetting device for barrels and like articles



Aug. 9, 1932. SNOW UPSETTING DEVICE FOR BARRELS AND LIKE ARTICLES IFil'ed June 25. 1950' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. fiar/ .7. 621014.)

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' K. F. SNOW 1,871,395

UPSETTING DEVICE FOR BARRELS AND LIKE ARTICLES Aug. 9, 1932.

Filed June 25, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 m/vfimoz Ka 7/ .7 5120201 0% M vATTORNEYS Patented Au 9, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT. orrlcs KARL F. SNOW,OF 'BREGKSVILLE, bHIO, ASBIGNOR TO THE C. O. BARTLEIT Q SHOW GOHPANY, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO} .L COBPO RATION OF OHIO UPBE'FT ING DEVICE FOR ZBAIRBELS AND LIKE ARTICLES Application fled June 25,

barrels after the same have been pamted or coated due to the fact thatsuch u setting device in order to efiiciently accomp ish its purposemust be. designed so that no contact will 15 be had thereby with thefreshly coated body of the barrel. A further requirement of a barrelupsetting device is that itshall be capable of efiiciently accomplishingits purpose and et be entirely automatic in its eration 20 so t atsupervision thereof by wor men is unnecessary during the upsetting ofsuccessive barrels.

Itis among the objects of my invention to provide a barrel upsettingdevice which shall 3 have all of the above named desirablecharacteristics. Other objects of my invention will appear as thedescription proceeds. To the accomplishment of the foregoing and relatedends, said invention, then,-consists of 8G the means hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the 'claims.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detailcertain mech-.

anism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting,however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle ofthe invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the upsetting device comprisin myinvention, showing the upsetting arms thereof in substantially verticalposition; Fig. 2 is a perspective 'view of the upsetting deviceillustrated in Fig. 1, showing the barrel upsetting arms in horizontalposition; and Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the apparatusillustrated in 1 and 2.

eferring more specifically to the drawmgs, and more especially to Figs.1 and 2, the barrel upsetting device comprising my 1980. serial No.463,799.

invention ensus of a frame, generally indicated'by the ordinal 1, whichcarries bearing blocks 2 on one end thereof in which bear ings isrotatably mounted a shaft 3 .which has terminally secured thereto acrank arm 4. Secured to the shaft 3 at spaced points intermediatelyofthe bearings 2 are arms 5 which have secured thereto bracket members 6and 7 The bracket member 7 has secured thereto laterally extending platemembers 8 for the purpose hereinafter more fully de-' scribed.

Secured to the frame 1 at 9 is a shaft 10' which extends transverselythereof and which has oscillatably mountedthereon a lever 11, oneterminal 12 of which has secured thereto a retractile spring 13 which issecured at its other end to a hook or like anchorage 14 adj ustablysecured to a bracket 15 which is secured to a portion ofthe frame1.

The other terminal 16 of the lever 11 is ta- Mounted on a plate 1 whichis secured and extends transversely of the frame 1, is a switch box 18which has a wheel 19 secured to the actuating lever 20 thereof; Thiswheel is normally in contact with the lever 11-.

Mounted on that end of the frame 1 opposite.

the shaft 3 is another switch box 21 which also has a wheel 22 securedto the actuating lever aft 3, is a motor pered similarly to the taper ofthe bracket f 7 member 7 so that the upper edges of the mem- 'ibars 7and 16 preferably lie in the same plana fl; f

other terminal to the crank arm 4. The motor member 31 which willprevent the barrels 1 from rolling off from the arms '5.

zontal position as indicated in Fig. 2, a. barr The operation of theappzratus comprising my invention may briefly described as follows. Withthe u setting arms in the horirel is rolled onto the brackets 6 and 7which brackets are oppositely tapered and spaced so that the freshlypainted or coated barrel is supported only on the chime rings thereof,thereby preventing the possibility of any marring of the freshly coatedsurface. The stop 31 will prevent any barrels from rolling off theupsetting apparatus, and therefore obviates the necessity of anypersonal attention to the upsetting device-by an operator.

When the barrels have rolled onto the brackets 6 and 7, the chime ringof such barrel will depress the portion 16 of the lever 11 which, inturn, Wlll depress the wheel 19 and actuating lever 20 of the switch 18which establishes the electrical communication to the motor 25. Themotor 25 through the speed reducer 26 will rotate the crank arm 27,-

causing a corresponding rotation of the crank arm 4, thereby upsettingthe barrel as most clearly shown in Fig. 3. The provision of the platemembers 8 associated with the bracket member 7 prevents the barrel fromsliding off from the upsetting arms 5 until such barrel has beenelevated to a position so that such barrel may fall onto a roll table 32which will convey the barrels away from the upsetting. machine. Thecontinued rotation of the crank arm 27 will effect a return of the arms5 from the vertical position just de scribed to a horizontal position,upon the attainment of which the terminal 24 of one of such arms willstrike the actuating lever of the switch 21 which will interrupt theelectrical circuit of the driving motor 25, thereby halting the rotationof the crank arm 27 and presenting the upsetting apparatus'in conditionto receive the next on-coming barrel.

By providing the electro-magnetic brake 29,

any over-run on the part of the motor-25 will be obviated so that theupsetting arms 5 are always halted in a truly horizontal position readyto receivethe next barrel to be acted upon. v

As most clearly indicated in Fig. 3, the switch 21, by means "of. whichthe circuit to the motor 25 is interrupted, may be positioned at a pointnearer the shaft 3, so that a more delicate control over the arms 5 maybe obtained, sothat such arms 5 are alwa s halted in a truly horizontalposition rea y to receive the next barrel, ,zgFdr apurpose ofconvenience I have designated the switch indicated in Fig. 3 by ordinalsbearing prime marks similar to those employed before, designating theseveral parts of the limit switch shown in Fig. 1. 1

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employedinstead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanismherein disclosed, provided the having bevelled brackets t means statedby any of the following claims or the uivalent of such stated meansj beem loye d.

therefore particularly point out and distinctl claim as my invention:y 1. Iii apparatus of the character de ribed the combination of anoscillatable shaft, barrel supporting arms secured to said shaft, spacedoppositely inclined surfaces on said arms adapted to support the barrelby engagement with its chime rings only, a crank arm secured to saidshaft, means for actuating said crank-arm to successively move saidbarrel supporting arms from a horizontal to a vertical position andreturn, and switch means actuated bysaid barrel on said supporting meansfor controlling said means. 2. In apparatus of the character describedthe combination of an oscillatable shaft,

spaced barrel supporting means secured to said shaft, a crank armsecured to said shaft, means for actuating said crank arm throughsubstantially a right angle, and switch means positioned intermediatelyof said spaced barrel supporting means ada ted to be actuated by suchbarrel thereon or energizing said actuating means, said barrelsupporting means consisting of strai ht parallel arms ereon.

3. In apparatus of the character described the combination of anoscillatable shaft, spaced barrel supporting means secured to saidshaft,a crank arm secured to said shaft,

means for actuating said crank arm through substantially a right angle,switch means positioned intermediately of said spaced barrel supportingmeans adapted to be actuatedby such barrel thereon for energizing saidactuating mechanism, and means for de-energizing said actuatingmechanism upon the completion of each cycle of operation of said barrelsupporting means, said barrel supporting means consisting of straightparallel arms having bevelled brackets thereon.

Signed by me this 16th day of June 1930.

KARL F. snow.

